News You May Not Have Heard About — 06/06/2017

News You May Not Have Heard About

(The information below is not meant to scare you but to inform you.)

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The newest Liquid-Plumr commercial includes men and women with their pants sliding down exposing way too much of their backsides. No one wants to see this. Reports from consumers have stated that even children find the commercial disgusting. It is not only tacky and obscene but also plays into a stereotype of plumbers on the job.

This is not the first time Liquid-Plumr has aired commercials that crossed the line. In the past, Liquid-Plumr produced ads filled with innuendos that were crude and distasteful. Bottom line, Liquid-Plumr’s ads are irresponsible and offensive.

The Senate is working on a new healthcare bill. We need to give them guidance because they’re almost sure to get it wrong if left to their own devices.

Send your instructions to Congress. You may copy or edit the following sample letter…

We already know how to make both healthcare and health insurance highly affordable. Patients need to pay for most of their own medical expenses, with insurance relegated to only the rarest and expensive problems. This would…

* Make doctor visits, tests, treatments, and pharmaceuticals much cheaper because cash prices are lower!

* Remove all insurance mandates — let every type of health insurance be sold in an open, competitive market * Kill the mandates imposed at the state level by allowing health insurance to be sold across state lines* Equalize the tax treatment for all healthcare costs

True insurance (major medical/hospitalization) protects against expensive risks. It does NOT pay for every expense. Car insurance that paid for oil changes would be prohibitively expensive too.

Remove all the mandates. The insurance industry loves these mandates but they hurt consumers.

Several wonderful benefits will flow our way, once we have true health insurance again…

* Premiums will plummet because mandates drive up costs * The number of insurance providers will skyrocket, creating competition that will further reduce insurance premiums * The number of people lacking insurance will fall dramatically* New products will appear. We’ll be able to choose between different kinds of insurance with different prices to meet our unique needs. For instance, we could have health-status insurance to protect against pre-existing conditions

Genesis 3:4 “Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.” (New King James Version)

Satan’sheresythat “You shall not surely die,” when expanded, claims that we are already immortal, so death has no real hold over us. This idea, proposed at the very beginning, has thrived throughout history. Mainstream Christianity calls it thedoctrine of theimmortality of the soul, while various Eastern religions contain it in beliefs such as reincarnation. Whatever its moniker, the belief that human beings possess a spiritual, eternally conscious, imperishable component is a major tenet of nearly every religion throughout man’s history. In our modern culture, books and movies abound with examples of the spirits of the dead hovering around the living characters, giving them comfort, aid, and encouragement. It is taken as given that death is not the end; somehow, one’s conscious spirit will live on when the physical body perishes.

The Gnostic belief in the dualism of flesh and spirit—with the flesh being evil and something to be freed from, while the eternal spirit was good—also originated in the lieSatantold Eve. Gnostics, in general, believed that the purpose of human existence was to return to the spiritual realm from whence all originated. Death, then, was seen as liberation of the spirit.

First, consider how this belief affects a person’s attitude and way of life. When Satan undermined the death penalty for disobedience, in addition to sowing further distrust in whatGodsays, he also blunted one of the keenest elements of human motivation, continued self-preservation. If life beyond the grave is assured, how this life is lived makes little difference. It is like guaranteeing a college freshman that he will receive a doctorate degree, regardless of whether anything is learned, any work is done, any classes are attended, or any tuition is paid. While the student may indeed expend some effort, the motivation to apply himself wholeheartedly to his education will be substantially weakened. It would be so easy to slack off and postpone catching up to some time next week. After all, if the goal is certain, why worry about the details in the meantime?

Spiritually, the result is the same. If one already has immortality, and is eternally saved, there is no pressing reason to resist the pulls of carnality. Resisting Satan matters little. Devoting one’s life to growing and overcoming has no urgency.Sinis no big deal. Why should one study to come to know God and Histruth? Believing that one already possesseseternal liferemoves the urgency to live according to the desires and requirements of the Creator. At best, all that remains is the vague guidance of “just be a good person.”

The Bible teaches that there can be life after death through theresurrection from the dead. Eternal life is ours only if God supplies it, and not because we possess an immortal soul:

» God tells us, “Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine; the soul who sins shall die.” (Ezekiel 18:4; emphasis ours throughout). God repeats this in Ezekiel 18:20. Clearly, it is possible for a “soul” to die.

» Paul instructs in Romans 6:23 that “the wages of sin is death,” not eternal life—not even eternal life in ever-burning hell. As with Ezekiel 18, sin incurs the death penalty. Satan, though, would have us believe that since death is not a real threat, sin is no big deal. It is only because of God’sgracethat we are not struck down immediately—not because of any inherent immortality within us—as the rest of Romans 6:23 explains: “but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Eternal life is a gift, not an inborn quality.

» I Timothy 6:16 says that God “alone has immortality”—not any member of the human race, Christians included!

» Romans 2:7 promises “eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality,” again proving that eternal life is a gift, not a right, and that immortality must be sought (by “doing good”) rather than assumed to have it already.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” (I Corinthians 15:50-54)

It is not until “the last trumpet,” whenJesus Christreturns, that the dead will be resurrected and given immortality (I Thessalonians 4:16). At this time, the saints will be changed and given new spiritual bodies (I Corinthians 15:49; I John 3:2). Clearly, immortality is not given until the resurrection from the dead, which does not take place until Jesus Christ returns.

That God must resurrect a person for him to continue living means that He retains sovereignty. He is not obliged to grant eternal life to anyone who demonstrates, once he has the opportunity to know God, that he is not willing to be subject to His way of life. However, by belittling the truth about the resurrection from the dead, and telling people that they already have immortality, Satan can distract them from a basic reason why they need to listen to God—so that they may be resurrected and continue living!

David C. Grabbe

The Tabernacle – 12 by Brad Scott

The Remaining Curtains

Shemot (Exodus) 26:7-13 And thou shalt make curtains of goat’s hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. And thou shalt make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

Whew! That was a mouthful. YHVH is now going to instruct Moshe (Moses) to place curtains of goat’s hair over the linen curtains. The word hair is supplied here. There are eleven curtains instead of ten, as the eleventh curtain is doubled, and will hang down over the front and back of the tabernacle, to completely conceal the inner linen curtains. You will also notice that these curtains are two cubits longer than the inner curtains. When we get to the boards and sockets we will see that the inner curtains, that is, the righteousness of God, did not touch the earth, speaking of the fact that the believers true home is not of the earth. This should bring to mind two things that Sha’ul said:

Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we look for the Savior, Adonai Messiah Yeshua‘.

And …

Ephesians 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Messiah Yeshua‘.

Let us keep in mind here that the picture is one of an ultimate home and not a rejection of this earthly existence and responsibility, for the outer curtains speak of just such a responsibility.

The goat is taken from a distinct anticipation of the two goats of Vayiqera (Leviticus) 16 and the day of atonement. In this chapter we have the taking of two goats, one to be slain and the other to be driven into the wilderness with the iniquities of the children of Israel on its head. Here are two perfect pictures of the purpose of sacrifice. The slain goat pictures Yeshua‘‘s death on the tree and the one turned loose is a picture of our sins being cast or driven away. Contained within the very law itself is the picture of what our Messiah’s sacrifice really accomplished. It is clear, from Bere’shiyt (Genesis) to Hitgalut (Revelation), that it was not the law that was driven away, but sin. The penalty for sin is eternally satisfied because the sacrifice lives forever. The curtain that will lie between the outer coverings of our earthly existence and the inner covering of our gift of His righteousness is the reminder of what He has done for the penalty of sin.

We now turn to the fact that the color of the loops is not mentioned. In the judgment of sin, YHVH is not present. When Yeshua‘ hung on the tree, God “forsook” him.

Mizemor (Psalm) 22:1 My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?

Sin was to be judged here. This is why the clasps are not gold but bronze or brass. Brass is the scriptural symbol of judgment, as will be more clearly detailed at the brazen altar and the serpent on the pole. As we go from the Most Holy Place toward the court the materials will get “cheaper” or of less value, so to speak.

Shemot 26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

We have thus far been presented two curtains, an inner curtain that does not touch the earth, and a curtain “to cover” all of the precious linen. We now come to the two outside coverings of which neither have any measurements attached to them. These two curtains will picture the earthly tabernacle which is destined to be dissolved.

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

The rams’ skin covering is a perfect picture of that which must give its life in order to satisfy the kinsmen redeemer. Blood must be shed and a body must die. This is pictured by Avraham’s taking of his “only begotten” son to Mount Moriah. The ram pictured the need for YHVH ’Elohiym Himself to provide a sacrifice. In Bere’shiyt 22 we find YHVH using a ram caught in a thicket. The word for ram is ’ayil(איל) which is the verbal root for the word ’elohiym, which is, of course, the word for God. It is no coincidence that God states that He will provide the sacrifice and then uses the very object that is the root for His name as Creator and Deity. For YHVH foreknew that He would take upon the flesh of man (adam) and lay down His life for us. For you see, He commanded Moshe to dye the skins red. The word red is the root for the word adam. They are basically the same words.

The badger skins are a bit ambiguous. Some translations have porpoise skins, some have the hides of sea cows, and another has rams’ skins repeated with a dye of vermillion. The word in Hebrew is techashiym(תחשים). Some Hebrew authorities translate is as dugong, which is simply the pale looking leather of several animals used to make women’s sandals. In any case it was an ugly color. Many authorities suggest that this covering when seen from a distance resembled a long gray coffin. It could easily be said that it had no form nor comeliness, and no beauty that we should desire him. Whoops! I meant that we should not desire it. This would be just like Abba to cover this beautiful place with a covering that was not at all attractive. We would not be drawn to his residence because of its outward beauty. This is, of course, not typical of the grand structures of the pagan nations. It was always the outward beauty that attracted the teeming throngs of pagan worshippers. It was the truth of this structure that was designed to draw worship. Yeshua‘ drew disciples and followers because of the truth of His word and not because of His striking presence or luring features. It is inside the tabernacle where God dwells. It is in the heart, the Most Holy Place, that God looks upon, knowing that if the inside is clean the outside will be also.

Shemu’el Alef (1Samuel) 16:7 …for YHVH sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but YHVH looks upon the heart.

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